1988 Winter Olympics

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The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (French: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Canada, as the main host city. This marks the most recent time that two consecutive Olympic Games were hosted in North America; the 1984 Summer Olympics were hosted in Los Angeles. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to be held for 15 days, like the counterpart Summer Olympic Games. Most of the events took place in the city of Calgary; the snow events were shared by Nakiska ski resort in Kananaskis Country at the west of the city and the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park in the town of Canmore. It was the last Winter Olympics that took place during the Cold War. In 1988, a record 57 National Olympic Committees (NOC) sent a total of 1,424 athletes to these Games. These Winter Olympics would be the last attended for both the Soviet Union and East Germany NOCs. As...

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